This past week, this term's "finals" began: Final meeting with the pastor who has been my internship mentor. Final young adults prayer meeting. Final Japanese class (not including this Tuesday's test). And today was my final ministry event, the bi-lingual Christmas...

... But then again, to my mind, Sunday feels like the end of the week anyway. Anyway, here's some highlights and stuff from the past week: 1. We had both a wedding and a funeral at our church. 2. I spent some extra time studying, in an attempt to get caught up. 3. I...

Here's a run-down of some highlights from the past week-ish... 1. Last Sunday I played guitar on the worship team, did a couple of solos and gave a short testimony in Japanese, all in the AM service here in Nagoya. Also had a good meeting to talk about the upcoming...

This week... 1. On Sunday I preached at the Gifu Immanuel Church. I've been there a few times and this was my last Sunday with them before returning to Canada. So we had lunch together, and I received some farewell gifts and many kind words. 2. Returning to Nagoya, we...

This week... 1. I preached and did some music in Hikone on Sunday. See prayer letter (posted a couple days ago) for more on that. 2. I volunteered at the Watoto concerts here in Nagoya. Great day. 3. I started preparing for home ministries, beginning to contact...

It's been a while, but maybe I should bring back the weekly re-cap... What do you think? Here we go... Some of the week's happenings and thoughts, along with some things to come: 1. I got a new water heater today. Apparently my old one was death waiting to happen. My...